Help with D3D8 Special Effects!?!?

I am making a D3D8 application which has a mesh loaded in from an x-file. How do i make the mesh look like its Glowing??... And also, to make it look cooler, how do i make my object (the one that is glowing) cast dramatic shadows on everything else in the scene??

I haven't seen many questions about DirectX in these forums (actually I thought there would be more)...but I think you'd get a much better response at www.gamedev.net (maybe .com? I can't remember). Good Luck :)